Protests have broken out in Caracas and other regions of Venezuela over worsening power outages since the U.S.’s kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro, and the public has expressed frustration that the economy continues to lag despite promises from Washington.
The Ukrainian military last week took credit for striking two Russian oil refineries deep inside the country in what President Volodymyr Zelensky has referred to as “long-range sanctions” to try and cripple Moscow’s war economy.
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) continues to rise in polls as the country turns away from Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his coalition, and analysts are expecting record gains for the party during the September elections in three eastern states.
Alexander Dobrindt, Germany’s interior minister, said in an interview last week that the country has been facing “hybrid warfare,” with daily attacks originating in foreign countries, with lawmakers identifying Moscow as the culprit, according to Al Jazeera.